Queens of the Road!

Yesterday we took a drive down to Antigonish to watch my great great nieces dance in the Canadian Finals for Highland Dancing.  My newly discovered Scottish heart  felt right at home among the tartan and surrounded by the sound of the Bagpipes. Isn't it great to visit with your Saskatoon family 3,000 miles from home? (Tomorrow, we're having dinner with my Edmonton cousin, Charlotte)   Katie got a 6th in the sword dance and she also got a 7th the reel. Their team also placed first in the Choreography division.  A very successful day for them and a fun one for us.

My sister, Suzanne sent me an article from the Oprah Magazine about a 
group of about 2000 women throughout Canada and the States, called "Sisters on the Fly" who travel together in vintage trailers and who's motto is "We have more fun than anyone!"   They go fly fishing, camping in the national parks and on beaches by the ocean.  Much of their travel has a western theme and they do look like they are having a blast!  And here we thought we were the only ones with this idea. 




The last few days have not been good ones for the little porcupines of Nova Scotia. (I'll spare you the photos)   We didn't count, but the roadsides were littered with their little carcasses.  Must be the time of year when the babys are venturing away from the mothers.  Also not a good time for tires - many, many dead ones along the road.  However, we learned a new term yesterday - Balefill.  It's a place were you can take your old tires and baled garbage for disposal.  Each day is a new adventure in learning!


This morning it's quite foggy out our way and since we'd planned a laundry, shopping, tidy up day anyway, it's nice to know we won't be on the road driving through this.  

Sunday in the restaurant where we enjoyed our lobster feast we encountered a very entertaining way to pass the time while our order was being cooked.  Outside our window, there was a ship moored at the dock in Lunenburg.  Take a look at the picture and see if you can see anything wrong.  Our bay window had mirrors on each side, so when you looked out you saw the ship, but if you leaned closer to the window, half the ship disappeared.  A very cool illusion and one, I'm afraid, took us far to long to get.


Tomorrow we're back to Bass River to do some serious photocopying and scanning at the Museum there and then a girl's night with my new found cousin, Fonda and with Charlotte.


To be continued.....